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Gabriel Du Pre Series

15 primary works • 16 total works
Gabriel Du Pré, Métis (Cree and French, maybe a little English) cattle inspector and sometimes sheriff, in Montana:

Book 1

Coyote Wind
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3.82 · 1281 Ratings · 147 Reviews · published 1994 · 23 editions
When a thirty-year-old plane wreck is discovered, …

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    Book 2

    Specimen Song
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    4.25     · 608 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1995 · 19 editions
    A “plain-spoken, deep-thinking Montana cattle insp…

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    Book 3

    Wolf, No Wolf
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    4.06     · 444 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 1996 · 14 editions
    Montana is no hotbed of crime, but in Wolf, No Wol…

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    Book 4

    Notches
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    4.29     · 431 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1997 · 17 editions
    The gruesome corpse of a young woman is found besi…

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    Book 5

    Thunder Horse
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    4.10     · 585 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 1998 · 19 editions
    An earthquake shakes Montana, unearthing old bones…

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    Book 6

    Long Son
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    4.26     · 350 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1999 · 12 editions
    In Toussaint, Montana, old family secrets, forgott…

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    Book 7

    The Stick Game
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    4.24     · 349 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2000 · 15 editions
    With their exceptional characterizations, evocativ…

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    Book 8

    Cruzatte and Maria
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    4.28     · 305 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2001 · 15 editions
    In his eighth outing, Metis-Indian fiddler, tracke…

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    Book 9

    Ash Child
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    4.30     · 341 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 2002 · 14 editions
    Crystal meth, brushfires, and a murderer on the lo…

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    Book 10

    Badlands
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    4.10     · 342 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 2003 · 16 editions
    A secretive millennial cult from California purcha…

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    Book 11

    The Tumbler
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    4.26     · 279 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2004 · 12 editions
    Gabriel Du Pré, the old Métis fiddler at the cente…

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    Book 12

    Stewball
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    4.39     · 271 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2005 · 13 editions
    A murder investigation leads Du Pré into the cutth…

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    Book 13

    Nails
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    4.36     · 343 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2006 · 12 editions
    When Gabriel Du Pré's precocious granddaughter Pal…

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    Book 14

    Bitter Creek
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    4.32     · 435 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2015 · 9 editions
    “Bitter Creek is likely the top of the Du Pré seri…

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    Book 15

    Solus
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    4.30     · 365 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2018 · 6 editions
    Gabriel Du Pré is back in action, coming to the ai…

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    Book 1-2

    Coyote Wind and Specimen Song: The First Two Montana Mysteries Featuring Gabriel Du Pre
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    3.98     · 66 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2000 · 1 edition
    Featuring Montanan cattle-brand inspector and occa…

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